super singles...
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by SFB, Apr 13, 2007.
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I worked for a company for 5.5 years that ran all super singles , never again ! They are the most dangerous tire on the road , espcially in the winter ! No control in the slightest snow ! And on ice , forget it ! When you have a flat you sit right where it happened ! As far as I am concerned they should be takin' off the road !
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Nevermind.... I forgot I posted my exp with these earlier in thread
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In my very short time using them, I like them and have avg'd 8.1mpg...
And if one goes flat, why wouldn't the other one hold you up and allow you to drive to nearest repair facility?...
I find conflicting info, and of course it's nothing more than the hearsay we see here:
I was talking to some wrench turners at a Petro and mentioned that my biggest fear with super singles was having a flat and being stuck out on the road, and he told me that the side walls are thick enough to actually run on a flat for a long way, albeit very slowly. He said that the week before we were talking he convinced a driver of a fully loaded tanker (non HAZMAT, thank God) to drive 60 miles down I-40 with a flat trailer super single and the driver made it to the Petro in Oklahoma City with no problems (although he did have to drive 45 mph the whole way). -
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Yea, I'll second that! If you blow one at highway speed you'll be lucky to get it to the side before you wreck the wheel. about 1 in 3 road service calls need a rim and tire. The company I am leased to runs them on dumps, dry tanks, and flatbeds, and on all the tractors, and these guys keep records on everything, detailed records, and the owner told me he has cut his tire costs in half! Told me he could not believe it either, but the numbers don't lie.
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